BT Rating: (1/5)

Dheenavaada tapori

Dheena Music(Audio) Review by Suchitra Preetham

Dheena’s musical dexterity rests on Arjun. The same Arjun who set the tunes for Yuga – a Vijay starrer.  Though throughout the year 2008, Arjun has churned out music for the likes of Dheemaku, Nam Areal Ondina, Patra loves Padma; hard to remember those movies or those tunes. Dheena too seems logically lost in the current whirlpool of Sandalwood’s musical bonanza. None of the songs strike out. It is probably ‘Hey Huduga’ that stands a little apart from the rest of the brash-trash.

Dheena Theme music: The theme music concept has sprinted across Hollywood to Bollywood. And quite reasonably our Sandalwood counterparts have followed suit rather soon.  The one and half minute Dheena Theme Music has an opera-ish opening followed by thudding sounds of ‘D’, continuing into a tiding resonance of ‘Dheenaa-aaa’  and a rather abrupt finale  that keeps you wondering “what’s next?”

Dhool Dheena Dhool:  Distinctly Shankar Mahadevan, this D-D-D number is a typical tapori number. Arjun lends his voice and whistles here and there for this ‘machu’ song. Nothing to brag about, but rings a familiar sound and follows like a very poor shadow of ‘Kenchalu, Manchalu’. Should warn you though, this poor shadow number is an aftermath to a dialogue that sounds straight out of any ‘rowdy-boy’ talk.

Hey Huduga:  Hey Huduga in Shamita’s tones sounds a refresher after the first two ear-thrashers. Arjun and Tippu chip in occasionally but that however does not add savor to an ordinary sounding song with mundane lines by Santu.

Hogtavnallo:  Is Arjun trying to set a trend? Just because Uppi’s remix Ravivarma number had a few dashes of dialogues before the song, can’t mean it will work the wonders for all. Hogtavnallo, like D-D-D ensues after a ‘never-mind-what-it-is-about’ dialogue. For this one, it looks like Arjun pulled out some tunes from Dheemaku (never mind if you don’t remember this one either).

Jolaali Jo: The trend is definitely set. This number too has a mumble-rumble as a prelude. Madhu Balakrishna soulfully sings out to ‘amma’ in Swaraaj’s not-at-all impressing lines.

Soma Saleema:  the mumble-rumble of this number is better than what follows. Tapori numbers need not be all-din, but Soma Saleema heads for the trash-bin!